There’s a turning point in waiting. It happens when the time you still have to spend waiting switches from an indefinite “some time in the future” to within reach. I’ve been waiting for a thing for a year and a half, and in a sense for much longer, and a few minutes ago I realized it’s gonna happen the day after tomorrow. Yes, the day after tomorrow is different. It it something I measure in a totally diffent way compared to “one day” or even “the day after tomorrow, tomorrow”. It is almost like it’s here and that makes the whole waiting feeling much more intense. It’s like it’s here but it still isn’t.